Rotary International District 6780 Newsletter
Monday, January 7, 2008
Have you looked lately at our District Web Site? A photo album has been added to the front page to provide a rotating set of club photographs to be displayed. When you club has photos for consideration, please send them to Hanna Shapira (Oak Ridge) at hshapira@techno-info.com. A member access capability has been added. One of the features beyond the login is a complete copy of the District Directory, including contact information for the district leadership team.
FOSTER SELECTED FOR 2010 - 2011
Nomination Committee Selects District Governor Nominee Nominee

The Nominating Committee chaired by PRIVP John Germ (Chattanooga) and including Past District Governors Jim Devlin (Tullahoma), Harry Fields (Hamilton Place), Robin Hines (Tullahoma) and Karen Wentz (Maryville) have selected Carol Foster (Fayetteville) to serve as District 6780 Governor for the Rotary year 2010-2011.

Carol has been a member of the Fayetteville club since 1994 and served the club as secretary in 1995-1998, vice-president in 1999-2000, and president in 2000-2001. She graduated from the District Leadership Academy in 2002, served on the district Rotary Youth Exchange Committee and as an assistant governor. Carol has served as District Secretary since July 1, 2005, and is a Paul Harris Fellow.
 
She was president of the Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce and the Lincoln County Health System Foundation. Carol is an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church and is currently serving on the Session of Elders. She is an alumnus of the Leadership Lincoln Class of 2004 and serves on the Leadership Lincoln Board. She was involved with the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts for several years and was the Community Coordinator for all Girl Scout troops in Lincoln County.Carol is employed as director of development with Junior's House, Inc., Child Advocacy Center in Fayetteville.  She and Tony live in Fayetteville and have two children and four grandchildren.
 
Official notification of the Nominating Committee's action has been sent to all club presidents. Any club that wishes to propose a challenging candidate must do so in writing to the District Governor by Monday, January 21, 2008, in a manner that complies with the Bylaws of Rotary International and the District Rules of Procedure. Each club has printed copies of both documents and they are available on line.
PEACE SCHOLAR CANDIDATES SOUGHT
One Candidate To Be Selected
 
Rotary World Peace Fellowships are designed to support individuals pursuing a master's degree program in international relations, sustainable development, peace studies, or conflict resolution. Up to 60 Peace Fellows will be selected study at one of six Rotary Centers for International Studies at universities in the U. S., Japan, Argentina, England, and Australia. Applicants should hold a Bachelor's degree, have at least 3 years related full-time work experience, and be proficient in more than one language.

Each district may nominate only one candidate each year. Rotarians and family members are not eligible. District 6780 has been fortunate to have had two Peace Fellows, Brigitta von Messling (Tullahoma) and John Foster (Chattanooga) selected in previous years.

Applicants must be approved by local clubs before review at the district level. The district application deadline for the 2009-2011 program is April 15, 2008, so clubs should plan to complete their own application review process during March.

More information and application materials can be found on the district website www.rotary6780.org and the RI web site at www.rotary.org. Questions should be addressed to Fred Martin (Farragut), District Peace Fellows committee chair, at fred091745@comcast.net.
FLOR FLIES HOME TO ARGENTINA
Maryville Families See Flor Off 

On December 26, two host families and other members of the Maryville Rotary Club bid a fond farewell to Rotary Youth Exchange student Florenica Bianco (Argentina) as she ended a year-long stay in our district. Pictured at the McGhee Tyson Airport are Denia Lash, Flor, Dana West (counselor), Bob Lash, and Dave, Mya, and Emily Straquadine. The Lashes and Straquadines were host families during her stay.
 
If your club is interested in hosting an RYE student or a youth in your community is interested in participating in this wonderful program, please see the appropriate page at the district web site for more information and contact RYE Committee Chair Linda Bellich (Farragut) at bkcoin@aol.com.
DO YOU KNOW A FUTURE LEADER?
The District 6780 Leadership Academy is accepting nominations for the Class of 2008-09. Our Academy is an outstanding training and development program for those interested in Rotary leadership beyond the club level. The Academy accepts a class of 15 students each year. The program is a series of 7 correspondence lessons, a ½-day orientation session in early August 2008, and a full-day seminar in May 2009.
 
To qualify for the Academy, a Rotarian must have served a full term as club president by July 1, 2008 and be willing to commit to the year-long program. The Rotarian must also commit to serve on a committee or in another capacity at the district level.
 
For more information and to download the nomination form see the DLA page on the District 6780 website at the DLA page. Nominations are due by May 1, 2008.
IS YOUR CLUB LOOKING FOR A PROJECT IDEA?
New Rotary projects database: ProjectLINK

ProjectLINK is the new online, searchable database that lists Rotary club and district community service projects in need of funding, volunteers, donated goods, or partners for a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant. The database also includes completed projects that can be used as examples of best practices.
 
ProjectLINK combines three previous online databases: the WCS Projects Exchange, the Rotary Volunteers International Site Database, and the Community Projects Database. ProjectLINK can be accessed from the Service and Fellowship/Project Resources page on the RI Web site.
CLUB ON THE MOVE!
The Loudon Club is Moving

Beginning with its January 8 meeting, the Loudon Rotary Club is changing its meeting place to Lakewood Place, located at 1125 Grove Street in Loudon. The meeting day and time remains Tuesday at noon.
Important Upcoming Dates
January 13-19: International Assembly - San Diego CA
February 1-2: District Mid-Year Leadership Retreat
March 1: Leadership Skills Training - Maryville
March 7-9: Interact Conference (Pigeon Forge)
March 24: GSE Team from South Korea arrives
March 27-28: Mid-South PETS (Nashville)
April 18-20: Multi-District Conference - Nashville
April 21: GSE Teams to and from South Korea depart
May 17: District Assembly (Cookeville)
June 14-19: International Convention (Los Angeles)
Where's Governor Robin This Week?
Monday - DGE Carol LaRue and DGN Bill Martin (Maryville)
Tuesday - David Keith, National Assoc. to Protect Children (Knoxville)
Tuesday - District Leadership Academy Committee (Lenoir City)
Wednesday - Oak Ridge Breakfast Club and board meeting
Wednesday - Bobby Davis, Disaster Response Chair (Oak Ridge)
Friday - World Community Service and Water Management, Health and Hunger committees (Chattanooga)
Rotary Shares
Earlier issues of the Monday Memo are available from the Governor's Place page on the district web site. Please share this information with anyone who might be interested!
 
DG Robin Textor
Rotary International District 6780
www.district6780.org